Central Valley

  • Feeding Your Pet Raw Food

    - Nov 19, 2020

    A diet for pets not often talked about is an all raw food diet. This diet includes lots of organic, grass fed, high quality meats, bones and vital organs that provide optimal health benefits for one’s...

  • Diabetes Awareness

    - Nov 18, 2020

    November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Diabetes is a disease of energy regulation in which the body doesn’t make enough of a hormone called insulin.

    Our main source of energy is glucose, which we get from food....

  • Donate to help solve the California Blood Shortage

    - Nov 17, 2020

    The Central California Blood Center is experiencing a blood shortage. School drives are a major supplier of blood, but because of COVID-19 they cannot happen. With the colder season fast approaching, the center is in need...

  • Local artists honor Kobe Bryant with a mural

    - Nov 16, 2020

    Many artists are painting murals dedicated to Kobe Bryant. In Stockton, California, two local artists designed one dedicated to Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. The two were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in...

  • Clovis Store Owner Rebuilds After Hate Crime

    - Nov 16, 2020

    Chanel Wapner is the owner of Just My Essentials, the only black-owned business in Old Town Clovis.

    In late September, Wapner’s store was vandalized in what police labeled as a hate crime.

    Her shop was trashed...

  • Wrestling… During a Pandemic?

    - Nov 12, 2020

    When the pandemic began in California in March 2020, wrestling was put on hold. Coach Emilio Saavedra had to get creative to keep his wrestlers practicing.

    “We actually held zoom practices, virtual practices,” said Saavedra....

  • Indoor Fitness Allowed With Precautions

    - Nov 8, 2020

    After being shutdown nearly continuously since March due to COVID-19, fitness centers reopened in October once Fresno moved into the red tier. That means gyms, dance studios, and martial arts schools are open for business....

  • Fresno’s Tourism Declining

    - Nov 8, 2020

    As travel restrictions continue, the Forestiere Underground Gardens tourist attraction in Fresno has been receiving far fewer visitors than usual. Before the pandemic, the garden would receive over forty-thousand visitors throughout the year, averaging about two...

  • Fun at the pumpkin patch

    - Nov 5, 2020

    A local pumpkin patch is where a mother of two enjoys rides and games with her kids. “The pumpkin patch is open and I can spend time with my children and carve pumpkins,” said Elaine. “We...

  • By mail, in person, or by drop box: voting in 2020

    - Nov 4, 2020

    For the November 2020 election, voters had options for their voting method: by mail, in person at a polling station, or through a drop box. It all came down to personal preference.

    The COVID-19 pandemic introduced...